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Advice on Visiting Colombia

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Richard

Visiting Colombia, land of hummingbirds, fabulous beaches, tropical fruit, beautiful women, coffee, emeralds and other products so beloved of guidebook blurbs and national tourism bureaus can be a daunting prospect and lead to an investigation rife with misinformation. Colombia, the … Continue reading →

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San Agustin’s Enormous pre Columbian Cemetery

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Richard

Here in the districts of Saladoblanco, Isnos and San Agustin, the topography is uneven; valleys, hill plateaus and mountainous clusters come together to form its exotic and varied landscape. It is in this geographically contradictory territory to the south of … Continue reading →

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Clean Shaven into Ecuador

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Richard

My wake-up call was a gun muzzle to the neck. Drawing up at the Ecuadorian immigration post, several kilometers on from the Peruvian exit over parched wasteland, we cut an unruly unwashed rabble of Englishmen and a couple of Irish … Continue reading →

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Spearfishing in Araracuara, Caqueta, Colombia

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Richard

I have been meaning to write something about the fishermen risking life and limb fishing in the Caqueta River in southern Colombia for some time. Rather than trivialize their lifestyle, I figured that an image would do these guys justice. … Continue reading →

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